ilO-Lancastw Farming, Saturday, February 22,1986
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NOW IS THE TIME
To Be Aware of Alkaline Water for
Pesticides
If your water is alkaline,
especially if the pH is 8 or greater,
you may have trouble getting good
results from the pesticide spray
material you are using on
cropland. Water supplies in many
areas have sufficient natural
alkalinity to cause a “breakdown”
of certain pesticides.
This means pest control may be
somewhat less than desirable, or
even non-existent, because the
ingredient will be rendered
inactive before it even reaches the
plant or pest. If the spray is
allowed to stand several hours
before spraying, as much as 50
percent or more of the active
ingredient may be decomposed.
Our Extension pesticide
specialist tells us that pH in the
range of 4 to 6 is recommended for
most pesticide sprays. You can
adjust spray solutions to this range
by buffering agents. In general,
the insecticides are affected more
severely by alkaline water than
fungicides or herbicides.
To Consider Topdressing Wheat
At this time, we are not certain
how our wheat crop will survive
the winter elements because we
still have March to contend with.
And March, with its freezing and
thawing conditions, is one of the
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Farm Calendar
Saturday, February 22
Annual Meeting, Pa. Holstein
Association, Sheraton Station
Square, Pittsburgh.
Simmental Association Annual
Meeting, 3:15 p.m., Allenberry
Resort, Boiling Springs.
Monday, February 24
Game Bird Conference, University
Park; continues throqgh
tomorrow.
Bucks-Montgomery Dairy Day, 10
a.m., R and S Diner, Hatfield.
Cumberland Cooperative Wool
Growers, S. Middleton Fireball,
Boiling Springs.
Milker’s School; York County 4-H
Center, 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m.;
continues through tomorrow.
Tuesday, February 25
W. Pa. Turf Conference and Trade
Show, Pa. Turfgass Council,
Monroeville Expo Mart.
Berks County Extension Dairy
Day, 9 a.m., Berks County Ag
Center.
Lebanon County 4-H Livestock
Banquet, 7 p.m., Shaefferstown
Fireball.
Mastitis Control and Prevention,
7 30 p m , Blue Ball Elemen
tary School
5 MORNINGS
TN
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
Phone 717-394-6851
hardest months on wheat.
In any event, topdressing wheat
with nitrogen will generally result
in an extra 10 to 12 bushels per
acre. This can result in extra profit
to the grower.
The ideal time to topdress wheat
is just when it begins to “green
up” in the spring. This will
generally occur in the middle to
latter part of March. However,
wheat can successfully be top
dressed earlier in March when the
ground is “honeycombed ” Be
cautious of highly fertile land that
has received a lot of manure in the
past This kind of land does not
need additional nitrogen.
Most wheat varieties can use
between 40 and 50 pounds of
nitrogen per acre. There are few
activities around the farm that can
return more profit, with less input,
then topdressing wheat with
nitrogen.
Many people are making plans
for the 1986 growing season. In
these plans, we should be
preparing to use the very best
quality seeds possible. Leftover
seeds may be satisfactory if
properly stored.
If they are certified or top
quality seed to start with, it would
be a good idea to run a germination
test to be certain they will grow.
Wednesday, February 26
McKean County dairy buyout
program, 1:30 p.m., Extension
Center.
Multi-County Small Grain
Meeting, Crawford County
Courthouse, 1:30 p.m., Mercer
County Extension Center, 7:30
p.m.
Franklin, Cumberland County
vegetable growers’ meeting, 10
a.m. to 3 p.m., Leinbach Farm
Market.
Farm Transferrals and Part
nership Meeting, 7:30 p.m. to
9:30 p.m., York County Ex
tension office meeting room.
Thursday, February 27
Agronomy Day, 10:30 a.m. to 3
p.m., Fayette County
Fairgrounds.
Estate Planning meeting, Lan
caster Farm and Home Center,
7:30 p.m.
Lancaster County Conservation
Tillage Conference, Farm and
Home Center.
Cumberland County Dairy Clinic,
Penn Township Fireball,
Huntsdale, 9:15 a.m.
S. Jersey Tree Fruit Growers
To Use Quality Seed
This can be done with the old, but
still effective, “Rag Doll” method
(wrapping seeds in rolled-up moist
rags or by placing seeds in a dish
on wet paper towels, cover with
plastic, and keep in a warm place
for at least 10 days.) If these seeds
do not grow under either of these
tests, don’t rely on them for your
crop
Certified seed may cost o little
more in the beginning, but usually
is worth the difference.
To Store Supplies Properly
Many farmers have purchased
and accepted early delivery on
seeds, fertilizers and other sup
plies. It is very important that
these supplies are stored properly
I have seen bags of fertilizer stored
too close to a barn door or an open
window where the rain and snow
blow in; also seeds in similar
condition
Extra moisture on these
materials, or under them on a
damp floor, can seriously affect
quality. It’s also very important to
keep seeds away from weed killer
chemicals. These herbicides may
reduce or kill the germination of
the seed. Be sure to store all farm
chemicals out of reach of children,
pets and livestock. All of these
materials become more expensive
each year so it’s only good com
mon sense to store them carefully
Meeting, Silver Lake Inn,
Clementon, NJ. Contact Leslie
MiUer at 609-784-1099.
Friday, February 28
Cumberland County Crops Day,
Cumberland County Extension
office, Carlisle.
Saturday, March 1
Nut Tree Grafting workshop,
Dauphin High School, 9 a.m.
Monday, March 3
N.W. Cattlemen’s Beef Meeting,
Steese’s Restaurant, Mercer, 7
p.m.
Tuesday, March 4
DHIA Director’s Meeting, 8 p.m.,
Fayette County Extension
Office.
Lancaster County Dairy Days, 9
a.m. to 3 p.m., Farm and Home
Center.
Swine Management Seminar,
Blain Fireball, Blain
Swine Artificial Insemination
short course, Penn State
University, 11 a.m.
Juniata-Perry Swine Management
Seminar, Blain Fire Company,
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Background Scripture:
Mark 8:34-35; 9:33-37;' 10:34-35
Devotional Reading:
Hebrews 12:1,2.
In the second-to-last decade of
the 19th century, two men were
bom in Italian hill towns in the
most humble of homes. One of
these men enjoyed a meteoric rise
in political power, becoming,
perhaps, the most powerful Italian
political leader since the days of
the Roman emperors. The other
became a Capuchin friar and spent
practically his whole life in the
obscure mountain village of San
Giovanni Rotondo.
During the five decades during
which these two men pursued their
concurrent vocations, their
courses led in two different
directions. The one man, Benito
Mussolini, became the absolute
dictator of Italy and for 23 years he
held the fate of millions of people in
his hands. At the time of his
ignoble execution, April 28, 1945,
the other man, Francesco
Forgione, known as Padre Pio,
was just beginning to be known in
Italy and elsewhere as “the Monk
with the Wounds of Christ,” a
miracle healer and holy man.
TO BE GREAT
What a contrast between these
two men. Benito Mussolini was an
arrogant man who seized power
and was prodigal in his use of it.
Padre Pio, on the other hand, was
Biain, 9:30 a.m.
Cedar Crest FFA Banquet, 7 p.m.,
Cedar Crest Middle School
cafeteria.
Lancaster Conservation District
board meeting.
Pa. Potato Grower’s Institute,
Toftrees Country Club, State
College: continues through
March 6.
Commercial pesticide applictor’s
meeting, University of
Maryland Adult Education
Center, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday, March 6
Lancaster County Poultry
Progress Day, Farm and Home
Center, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Southeast District DHIA meeting,
Midway Diner.
Annual meeting of CU co-op today
SHIPPENSBURG - Plans have
been made for 800 people who are
expected to attend the 56th Annual
Meeting of the Cumberland Valley
Cooperative today at the Ship
pensburg Area Senior High School
The program will open with an
informal luncheon in the school
Cafeteria at 11:30 a.m and will
conclude at 3 00 p.m
Henry A Zajac of the
Cooperative management said
Monday that plans for the popular
midwinter event have been
completed Featured on the af-
ternoon program will be m-
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POWER
February 23,1986
Wednesday, March 5
a humble, unassuming man who
took upon himself, the suffering of
others. By our common cultural
standards today, despite his fall,
Mussolini was the epitome of
power and Padre Pio the antithesis
of it. Yet, today, most Italians
want to forget the man they once
hailed as “II Duce” (the Leader),
and thousands of people are
making the pilgrimmage to San
Giovanni Rotondo where Padre
Pio lived most of his life and died.
In September we made our own
pilgrimmage to San Giovanni
Rotondo and found that, although
Padre Pio died 17 years ago, his
power continues to grow. While he
was living, great throngs of people
came to his town to see “the Monk
with the Wounds.” But, since his
death, they still come and more 1
than ever before-to experience his
spiritual power. Father Joseph, an
American who serves in San
Giovanni Rotondo, told us; Padre
Pio ever told a lie, but his death is
in the greatest of all lies.”
BEAR YOUR CROSS
There is no doubt in my mind
which of these two men, Benito
Mussolini or Padre Pio, was the
most powerful. But niether do I
have any illusions that my per
ception is shared by the world m
which we live. Although Jesus
demonstrated the true nature of
power, we still haven’t bought it
We still are pretty much where
James and John were when they
said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at
your right hand and one at your left
in your glory” (Mark 10:37). We
still haven’t accepted the answer
he gave them: “...whoever would
be great among you must be your
servant and whoever would be first
among you must be slave of all"
(10:43,44). Nor have we yet ac
cepted the true power in this world
which is the power of the cross.
(Based on the copyrighted Outlines produced
by the Committee on the Uniform Series and used
by permission Released by Community 4
Suburban Press)
DHIA Workshop, Cumberland
County Extension office,
Carlisle, 1 p.m.
DHIA Workshop, Big Spring High
School group room, Newville,
7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 7
Mid-Atlantic Workshop for
Disabled Individuals and
Families in Rural and
Agricultural Communities,
Sheraton Inn, Frederick, Md.
Grain Drying Conference, Lan
caster Farm and Home Center,
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Farmer’s Direct Marketing
Conference, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.,
Dayton Grange Hall, Middlesex
County. Registration and
dinner, $lO.
Manheim FFA Banquet, Country
Table Restaurant, 6:45.
formation on the 56 years of the
Cooperative and some excellent
entertainment by "CHARLEY
DORNAN" to take your mind off
your everyday problems
Six directors will be elected foi
three year terms Wayne F Craig,
President, will preside at the
business meeting and the in
vocation will be given by James
Bear
Members of the board rf
directors are Herbert Dice, 2111
Twin Bridge Road, Cham
bersburg, Pa ; Ronald C Allison
1900 Warm Springs Road
Chambersburg; Merrill R Bivens
2749Geibs Road, St. Thomas; Paul
L Garman, R-4, Carlisle; Gerald
E McMath, Star Route 2, Shade
Gap; Edward L Brackbill, R -2
Mechanicsburg; Donald E Piper
10627 Otterbem Road, Newburg
Harry A Mohn, Newburg, Wayne
F Craig, Floyd M. Mams, Wayne
D Baker, all of Shippensburg
William G Miller, R-l, Newvillc
David P Wagner, R-l, Newville
J Elton Clevenger, R-2, Newville
R Craig Fulton, R-l, Ship
pensburg: Kenneth E Martin. R -1
Fayetteville; and Donald I;
Basehore, 6050 Creek view Hoad
Mechanicsburg